Indiana coach Tom Crean apologized for a confrontation at the end of Sunday's game against Michigan. / Mike Carter, USA TODAY Sports

by Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Sports

by Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Sports

Indiana coach Tom Crean said Monday he apologized to former Hoosiers assistant coach Jeff Meyer after a heated on-court confrontation that Crean later called a "professional misunderstanding."

Video surfaced late Sunday night of Crean striding across the court after Indiana's win at Michigan, finding Meyer, a current Michigan assistant, near midcourt and berating him.

"You know what you did," Crean said, according to video footage obtained by WRTV-6. "You know what you did. You helped wreck the program. You helped wreck our program."

Later that night, cooler heads prevailed. Crean said he called Meyer before he flew back to Bloomington to apologize.

"I talked to him on the telephone, and we discussed a couple of things," Crean said Monday on the Big Ten weekly teleconference. "I apologized for that, and in retrospect, wish I never would have addressed anything in the heat of battle after a game."

Meyer declined comment Monday.

Michigan head coach John Beilein touched on the subject in the teleconference, "I have seen the video of it. Jeff and I discussed it afterwards. I'm not going to comment on another coach or another university.

"I will say Michigan is always going to win with class and lose with class. We're never going to use victory or defeat as a platform for any frustration. I'm really proud of the way Jeff showed great poise and handled himself in the aftermath of the disappointment of that loss. He's a great coach. He's helped us rebuild this program brick-by-brick side-by-side with me. I'm glad he's on our sideline."

Some background on the "wrecking the program" line:

Meyer was an Indiana assistant under Kelvin Sampson.

In Feb. 2008, the NCAA accused Sampson, who violated NCAA rules regarding phone contact with recruits at Oklahoma and again at Indiana, of five "major" NCAA violations, including providing false information to investigators.

Sampson resigned, and the NCAA eventually hit him with a "show-cause" clause, ensuring that he would not coach again in college for at least five years.

Indiana self-imposed sanctions to limit recruiting availability and contact, and the school reduced its scholarship allotment by one.

The NCAA put Indiana on probation for three years, a period that ended in Nov. 2011. Meyer was cleared by the NCAA of involvement in the school's "major" recruiting violations. His violations were deemed "secondary" and he was not punished.

Crean, who was hired in April 2008, coached the Hoosiers throughout all of the sanctions. By beating Michigan on Sunday, Indiana won its first outright Big Ten regular-season championship since 1993.